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(360 video)Wild animals displayed, animal sounds playing by pressing button, details about the animals is written on the window next to the animal type or group. Entering the Museum is free and open to all tourists or local people. It is located at the Durban city hall just near the beach known as SOUTH BEACH. Easy to access since it is located on the main street with public transport near the entrance.
The Durban Historical Museum
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Springboks in Science Museum - Durban - South Africa - January 2011
Springboks in Science Museum - Durban - South Africa - January 2011
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The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History AKA The Transvaal Museum
The Transvaal Museum is South Africa's leading natural history museum. It provides a memorable experience for the whole family and is open 7 days a week.
Transvaal Museum Mammal Hall in Pretoria The Transvaal Museum was founded in 1892. The museum changed locations a number of times as its collection grew. By 1925 the museum moved to its current location, a beautiful sandstone building on Paul Kruger Street. The entrance of this imposing building is decorated with the skeletons of dinosaurs and even a whale.
Some of the collection of the museum, which remained behind in its former location in Boom Street, became known as the National Cultural History Museum in 1964.
The museum currently houses a vast taxidermy collection as well as a number of fossils.
There are four exhibition halls:
Genesis of Life I and II provides a journey through the development of the animal kingdom, from single-celled organisms, right through the human beings. The Genesis of Life II hall is also known as the Mammal Hall.
The Austin Roberts Bird Hall holds a collection of Southern African birds, arranged according to their number in the Roberts Bird Guide. General information on migration, feeding and flight of birds can also be seen in this very well arranged hall.
The Geoscience Museum is a comprehensive collection of different minerals, crystals, and gemstones in Southern Africa, provided by the Council for Geoscience. Where such minerals can be found, as well as what they are used for is thoroughly described in this hall.
There is also a Discovery Centre on the property which provides a hands-on experience to make learning about nature and science more enjoyable.
Night Tours, Science Magic shows and a behind the scenes tour of the Research Department are provided.
Durban Travel Guide - A South African Dream
Durban Travel Guide - A South African Dream
Durban is located on the east coast of South Africa in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and in the municipality of eThekwini. It is the third largest city in South Africa and the busiest port in Africa. Durban was originally called Port Natal, and was founded by British settlers. Indian workers were brought in to work the sugar cane plantations, making this one of the largest population centers of Indians in the world, outside of India. Zulu and English are the most common languages in Durban.
Durban is located on the East coast of South Africa, looking out upon the Indian Ocean. The city lies at the mouth of the Umgeni River, which demarcates parts of Durban's north city limit, while other sections of the river flow through the city itself. Durban has a natural harbour, Durban Harbour, which is the busiest port in South Africa and is the 4th-busiest in the Southern hemisphere.
Durban has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), with hot and humid summers and pleasantly warm and dry winters, which are snow and frost-free. Durban has an annual rainfall of 1,009 millimetres (39.7 in). The average temperature in summer ranges around 24 °C (75 °F), while in winter the average temperature is 17 °C (63 °F).
As Durban has one of the largest Indian populations outside of India itself, a Durban curry is a popular dish and can range from mild to very hot. There is also the Bunny Chow which is unique to the city, a quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with a curry of your choice. Head over to Blue Lagoon area (the mouth of the Umgeni River) to join the locals for a chow. Hollywood Bunny Bar, located in a strip mall in Springfield Park, offers some of Durban's best bunnies - dig in with the lunchtime crowd.
After World War I Durban changed from a prim Victorian town to a modern metropolis with skyscrapers and multistoried buildings. It is the headquarters of South Africa’s sugar industry and a centre of highly diversified manufacturing activity. Tourism is important and is based on the city’s proximity to KwaZulu-Natal’s game and nature reserves and on the beaches and their facilities, such as an esplanade and an oceanarium.
Home to the largest concentration of people of Indian descent outside of India, Durban also boasts an unmistakeably Asian feel, with the marketplaces and streets of the Indian area replete with the sights, sounds and scents of the subcontinent.
A lot to see in Durban such as :
uShaka Marine World
Moses Mabhida Stadium
Durban Botanic Garden
Suncoast Casino, Hotels and Entertainment
Umgeni River Bird Park
Victoria Street Market
JONSSON KINGS PARK
Mitchell Park Zoo
Mini Town
Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve
Florida Road
Kingsmead Cricket Ground
Paradise Valley
Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve
Big Rush
Kwa Muhle Museum
Port Natal Maritime Museum
Japanese Gardens
Durban Natural Science Museum
Funworld
Musgrave Road
Addington Beach
Durban Ice Arena - Ice Skating Rink
North Beach
Zulumoon Gondolas
Palmiet Nature Reserve
Burman Bush
Juma Mosque
The Kwazulu Natal Society of the Arts
Bluff Nature Reserve
Phansi Museum
Durban Beach Front
New Germany Nature Reserve
Old Court House Museum
Royal Durban Golf Club
Dairy Beach
Hare Krishna Temple
Durban Art Gallery
Umkhumbane Museum
Bluff National Park Golf Club
Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple
Emmanuel Cathedral
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Indoni Festival 2018 - Zulu group 2nd Act
Annual Indoni Cultural Festival
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WATER FOR DURBAN
Natal's great seaport, Durban, has grown so fast that the question of water-supply has been a really big problem. The solution is a new dam, on which work began as long ago as 1939; it's on a horseshe bend of the River Umgeni about thirty miles from the city.
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BEYOND BINARIES EXHIBITION
Beyond Binaries is a curated exhibition featuring work by 26 artists. The exhibition aims to open up discussion on the current climate of polarization and intolerance, and the increasing trend towards fixed, essentialised identities.
Beyond Binaries features works with video, photography, paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, wire and mixed media works on show. South African born artists are complemented by their peers born in African countries as well as artists born in India, China and Germany. The exhibition has been curated by Qala!, a fledgling curatorial collective comprising Mario Pissarra, Robin Moodley and Russel Hlongwane, three Durban-born cultural workers.
Several exhibits address critical questions concerning race, gender, national identity and heritage. The relationship of people to the natural environment provides another sub-theme that is prominently featured. Several exhibits bring binaries into vivid focus, whilst others attempt to transcend these to create or suggest hybrid, fluid or emerging notions of identity.
KwaZulu-Natal province is well represented by a healthy mix of acclaimed and emerging talents: Cedric Nunn (photography), Sfiso ka Mkame, Mthobisi Maphumulo, Mhlonishwa Chiliza, Eugene Hlophe (drawings), Paul Sibisi and Nicole Pletts (paintings), Thembi Nala and Sbonelo Tau Luthuli (pottery), Hlengiwe Dube (wirework), and Kristin NG-Yang (photography and mixed media).
Bulawayo and Libreville, sister cities to Durban, are represented by Nonhlanhla Mathe (painting) and Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro (video). The exhibition also features Namibian photographer Julia Hango as well as work by African nationals living in South Africa, namely Lizette Chirrime (Mozambique), Robert Machiri (Zimbabwe), and Zemba Luzamba (DRC).
Also exhibiting are Ayesha Price, Donovan Ward, Garth Erasmus, Jeannette Unite, Jill Joubert, Manfred Zylla, Meghna Singh, Nomusa Makhubu and Thania Petersen.
The artists were selected following a process where 54 artists identified by a curatorial panel were invited to propose works on the theme of the exhibition.
Beyond Binaries was originally commissioned by the City of eThekwini for the recent Essence Festival Durban, where it was exhibited at the International Convention Centre under the banner of ARTiculate Africa.
Mermaids Caught On Camera & Spotted In Real Life
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Mermaids are mythical creatures that have had a major presence in our society for quite some time. Little girls dream of becoming mermaids. Well, actually, there are adults who dream about becoming mermaids too! From story books to movies, mermaids are half human from the waist up and half-fish from the waist down. Throughout history, there have been sightings of mermaids in personal journals of sailors and voyagers like Christopher Columbus. But today, it is believed that Columbus may have actually been looking at manatees, not mermaids. Either way, it doesn’t diminish the fact that we, as a society, care deeply about mermaids and want them to be real so badly! While we still wait for that first emergence, people have created life-size replicas and even faux documentaries of mermaids that have convinced us that they are real. There are also cases of real people sitting on rocks in mermaid costumes, like the Active Pass mermaid in British Columbia, Victoria, Canada. When enough people are involved in the hoax, almost anything is possible.
In this video, we will introduce to you some stories of mermaids that have been caught on camera and spotted in real life. Thanks to Animal Planet’s Mermaids: The Body Found, people thought mermaids actually existed. But in reality, the network used creative CGI and amazing special effects to make it look all the more convincing. There are more hoaxes where that came from, so get ready! If anything, these stories prove just how gullible we still are as a society.
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Durban Safari Tours to the Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve
Country and Coastal Touring offer a range of different tours throughout the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
The most popular tours we offer are those to our national parks. The Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve lies just 2,5 hours north of Durban and is perfect for those visitors looking for a safari day tour, overnight tour or extended multi-day safari tour.
If you're looking to book a safari tour to South Africa, contact Country and Coastal Touring and we'll put together an itinerary for you.
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Durban Maritime Museum South Africa
Backed by a panoramic view of Durban, South Africa harbor, the Port Natal Maritime Museum offers an insight into the influence of maritime culture on local life. See the first minesweeper that the SA navy purchased.
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The Truth about Traditional South African Remedies
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This week we look at the most popular local myths, which include using garlic, onions, beetroot and African potatoes to treat HIV. Is there any truth to these myths? Come and find out.
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Durban Umgeni Bird Park
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SOUTH AFRICA: VALUABLE ROCK ART COLLECTION TO BE HELD BY MUSEUM
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One of the most valuable collections of rock art in the world is to be presented on Thursday to the University of the Witwatersrand for safe-keeping.
The J-D Roberts-Pager collection is a complete record of paintings done inside caves thousands of years ago.
The rock paintings done by San people or Bushmen between three hundred and two thousand years ago were painstakingly recorded thirty years ago by Austrian artist, Harald Pager (pronounced Porger).
Pager and his wife lived in the caves of the Ndedema Gorge in the Drakensberg Mountains for two years to do the work.
He photographed every painting in the valley in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal and produced life-sized replicas by photographing the rock face in square metre sections.
The photographs were then enlarged to life-size and Pager returned to the caves with them and coloured them with oil paints.
He then assembled the photographs along the rock and glued together a life-size mosaic.
The paintings are difficult to date because modern carbon dating techniques have proved ineffective.
But researchers are convinced that most of the paintings are at least two thousand years old.
The colour in the original paintings came from ochres for red, specularite for black and kaolin clay for white.
The paints were bound together by the blood and fat of wild animals.
Professor David Lewis Williams, director of the San Heritage Centre at Witwatersand University believes the addition of the collection to the Centre has made it the largest rock art archive in the world.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
It is of world class. People come from all over the world to see it. Probably there is no rock art anywhere in the world that is as detailed, as finely done, as small, beautifully done as this rock is.
SUPER CAPTION: Professor David Lewis Williams, Director of the San Heritage
Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Lewis Williams says that the new collection is one of the most important in the world.
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It is of absolute world importance and it's as important as say the rock art in the French caves -- the Upper Paleolithic art. The collection is unique and since it was made in the 1960s a large number of individual paintings have disappeared through natural
causes. So this is the only record we have of those paintings.
SUPER CAPTION: Professor David Lewis Williams, Director of the San Heritage
Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand
Later this month Professor Lewis Williams will give a series of lectures on this work at the School of American Research at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Since Pager did his work as many as half of the paintings in some areas have disappeared mainly due to high rainfall in the region.
Pager's photographs were stored for decades in long tubes and had virtually disintegrated over time.
They were restored over a period of two years by a South African museum worker in Pretoria.
The area now known as South Africa has produced many types of evidence of inhabitation by early human kind.
Fossils were discovered in caves outside Johannesburg two years ago providing the
first evidence that members of the human family lived there three and a half (m) million years ago.
Sterkfontein is the world's richest ancient hominid site.
Since 1936 when evidence of the first member of the human family was found there, the site has yielded another 700 hominid fossils and 600-thousand fossils of other animals.
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